Manor House Farmhouse

Manor House Farmhouse is likely of 16th-century origin, with substantial rebuilding and enlargement in the 17th century and subsequent alterations. It is constructed of handmade brick with stone quoins on a stone block plinth, all now covered with roughcast paint, and has a renovated stone slate roof. The house is arranged in a T-plan, consisting of a 2-bay south range aligned east-west, a 2-bay rear wing, and a lower north end to the rear wing which may be an earlier structure. A large lean-to kitchen was added to the west angle. The building is two storeys and has an attic. The current entrance is on the north side of the lean-to, but the original entrance was likely located at the north-east corner (as evidenced by interior features).

The most significant external feature is the series of stone mullion windows with chamfered reveals and recessed chamfered mullions, some with block stools. The west gable has 4 lights on each floor and 2 lights in the attic, all with labels. The east gable has 4 lights at the first floor and 3 in the attic, also with labels. The south side has two windows of 2 lights at the first floor. The rear east angle features four windows of 2 lights (one on each floor of each wall), and the west side of the rear wing has 3 lights on each floor, with the lower ones set inside the lean-to. Other openings have been altered. There are three chimneys: one on the south slope of the roof, one on the gable of the north wing, and a cut-down chimney at the corner with the lean-to.

Inside, the north end of the rear wing contains an inglenook fireplace with a heck wall, a bressummer, and two longitudinal beams, all featuring stopped deep chamfer. Extensive post-and-rail timber framing is present, along with framed-in studded board doors with arched or cambered lintels. Stop-chamfered beams are found in all rooms of the south range. A dog-legged wooden staircase with exposed wattle-staves rises through the building, but crosses a window on the ground floor of the north wing. A possible former staircase location is on the opposite side of this wing, where a doorway leads to a cellar.

The house was the home of the Dicconson family in the 17th century.